Eschweiler 8300 (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: North Rhine Westphalia, Germany (50.8° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Indener Schichten Member, Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, bioturbated sandstone

• alternating coarse and fine white sand; allochthonous

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27922: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 17.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
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 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Tetrastigma lobata Chandler 1925
1
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
1
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
1
Ostrya scholzii hophornbeam
2
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
26
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Epacridicarpum mudense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
340
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Angiospermae
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
38